Joshua 8
1 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Pa pè, ni dekouraje. Pran tout moun lagè yo avèk ou e leve, monte vè Aï. Ou wè, Mwen te mete nan men ou wa Aï a, pèp li a, vil li a ak peyi li a.
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.
Ou va fè a Aï ak tout wa li a menm jan ke ou te fè Jéricho avèk wa li a. Selman, ou va pran pou ou menm kòm piyaj, bèt li yo kòm byen nou sezi pou nou menm. Òganize yon anbiskad pou vil la pa dèyè li.”
3 And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.
Epi Josué te leve avèk tout moun lagè yo pou monte Aï. Josué te chwazi trant mil mesye, gèrye vanyan, e li te voye yo sòti nan lannwit lan.
4 And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.
Li te kòmande yo, e te di: “Gade, nou ap fè anbiskad vil la soti pa dèyè li. Pa sòti lwen vil la men nou tout, mete nou touprè.
5 And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
“Mwen menm avèk tout moun ki avè m yo, nou va apwoche vil la. Epi lè yo sòti deyò pou rankontre nou kòm yon premye fwa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
6 And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.
Yo va sòti pou kouri dèyè nou jiskaske nou pati kite vil la, paske yo va di: ‘Y ap sove ale devan nou tankou premye fwa a.’ Konsa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
7 And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
Epi nou va leve anbiskad nou e pran posesyon vil la; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va livre li nan men nou.
8 And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Alò, li va rive lè nou fin sezi vil la, ke nou va mete dife nan vil la. Nou va fè li selon pawòl SENYÈ a. Nou wè, mwen te kòmande nou an.”
9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Konsa, Josué te voye yo ale. Yo te ale nan plas anbiskad la, e yo te rete antre Béthel avèk Aï, nan lwès a Aï; men Josué te pase nwit lan pami moun yo.
10 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
Alò, Josué te leve bonè nan maten, e li te rasanble pèp la, epi li te monte avèk ansyen Israël yo devan pèp la pou ale Aï.
11 And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.
Tout moun lagè ki te avèk li yo te monte vin toupre. Yo te rive devan vil la, e te fè kan an sou akote nò toupre Aï a. Koulye a te gen yon vale antre yo menm avèk Aï.
12 Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
Li te pran anviwon senk mil mesye, e li te plase yo an anbiskad antre Béthel avèk Aï nan kote lwès vil la.
13 And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Konsa, yo te pozisyone moun yo, tout lame ki te nan kote nò vil la ak gad an aryè nan kote lwès vil la. Josué te antre pandan nwit sa a nan mitan vale a.
14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
Li te vin rive ke lè wa Aï la te wè sa, mesye lavil yo te kouri leve bonè pou sòti rankontre Israël nan batay la, li menm avèk tout pèp li a nan plas chwazi a devan plèn dezè a. Men li pa t konnen ke te gen yon anbiskad kont li dèyè vil la.
15 And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
Josué avèk tout Israël te fè pòz kòmsi yo te fin bat devan yo e yo te sove ale pa chemen dezè a.
16 And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Tout pèp ki te nan vil la te rele ansanm pou kouri dèyè yo. Konsa, yo te kouri dèyè Josué e li te rale yo soti kite vil la.
17 And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Konsa, pa t gen yon gason ki rete nan Aï ni Béthel, yo te kite vil la san gade pou te kouri dèyè Israël.
18 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.
Epi SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Lonje lans ki nan men ou an vè Aï; paske Mwen va ba ou li.” Konsa, Josué te lonje lans ki te nan men l lan vè vil la.
19 And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
Mesye nan anbiskad yo te leve vit nan plas yo, epi lè li te lonje men l, yo te kouri antre nan vil la pou te kaptire li. Byen vit, yo mete dife nan vil la.
20 And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.
Lè mesye Aï yo te gade an aryè, vwala, lafimen vil la te vin leve rive jis nan syèl la. Konsa, yo pa t gen kote pou sove ale, ni isit, ni la, paske moun ki t ap sove ale vè dezè yo te vire kont sila ki t ap swiv yo.
21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
Lè Josué avèk tout Israël te wè ke fòs anbiskad la te kaptire vil la, e ke lafimen te monte, yo te vire retounen pou touye mesye Aï yo.
22 And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.
Lòt yo nan vil la te sòti pou rankontre yo. Men yo te kwense nan mitan Israël, yon pati bò isit ak yon pati bò laba, epi yo te touye yo jis pèsòn pa t rete nan sila ki te chape sove ale yo.
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Yo te pran wa Aï a vivan e yo te mennen li kote Josué.
24 And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Alò, lè Israël te fin touye tout abitan Aï yo nan chan dezè a kote yo te kouri dèyè yo, e yo tout te tonbe pa lam nepe jiskaske yo te detwi nèt, alò, tout Israël te retounen Aï pou te frape li avèk lam nepe.
25 And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
Tout moun ki te tonbe nan jou sa a, ni lòm ni fanm te douz mil—tout se moun Aï.
26 And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Paske Josué pa t desann men l ki te toujou lonje ak lans lan jiskaske li te fin detwi nèt tout moun ki rete Aï yo.
27 Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.
Israël te pran sèlman bèt avèk byen sezi a kòm piyaj pa yo, selon pawòl ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué a.
28 And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.
Konsa, Josué te brile Aï. Li te fè li tounen yon pil ranblè jis pou tout tan, yon kote ki dezole jis rive jodi a.
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.
Li te pann wa Aï a sou yon bwa jis rive nan aswè. Lè solèy la te kouche, Josué te bay lòd pou yo te retire kò li nan bwa a pou te jete li nan antre pòtay vil la, e leve sou li yon gwo pil gwo wòch ki kanpe jis jodi a.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
Konsa, Josué te bati yon lotèl a SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, nan Mòn Ébal.
31 as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
Li te fèt jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te kòmande fis Israël yo, jan sa ekri nan liv lalwa Moïse la, yon lotèl avèk wòch ki pa taye, sou sila okenn mesye pa voye yon zouti fè. Yo te ofri sou li ofrann brile a SENYÈ a, e te fè sakrifis ofrann lapè yo.
32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children of Israel.
Josué te ekri la sou wòch yo yon kopi lalwa Moïse la. Li te ekri l nan prezans a fis Israël yo.
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.
Tout Israël avèk ansyen yo ak ofisye yo ak jij yo te kanpe sou toude kote lach la devan prèt Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ a, etranje kon natif. Mwatye nan yo te kanpe devan Mòn Garizim e mwatye nan yo devan Mòn Ébal, jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te bay kòmand nan oparavan an, pou beni pèp Israël la.
34 And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Epi apre, li te li tout pawòl lalwa yo, benediksyon yo avèk malediksyon yo, selon tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa a.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.
Pa t gen menm yon mo nan tout sa ke Moïse te kòmande yo ke Josué pa t li devan tout asanble Israël la, avèk fanm ak pitit yo ak etranje ki te rete pami yo.
